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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1950
Page
16
The notice lists contact for column submissions and announces a phone number and mail route to The Free Press Office in Acton. It mentions local events and weather notes from the period, including a fall season update and community activities.
Co workers report Acton to Milton paving resumes under supervision of a highway department inspector. Officials say the project will be finished before winter, easing mud and dust for residents along No 25.
The first annual meeting of Acton Minor Sports Club will be held in Town Hall on Tuesday evening October 24 at 7 oclock. The purpose is to elect officers for the coming season to carry on the sport for boys started by the club over a year ago. All ticket holders and others interested are invited to attend.
Anniversary services in the Presbyterian Church drew a large crowd with Rev D P Rowland of York Presbyterian Toronto as guest speaker. Special music by the church choir and soloist Miss Sadie Roberts highlighted the reopening after interior painting. Members discussed fall plans including a bank offering with Salvation Army guest speaker and attendance at the Plowing Match.
Hydro officials announced a new power station near Acton is now in service with two three phase feeders delivering about 110 volts to homes. The installation includes underground cables, ground wires on the fence, and a cost of 45 000 so far with ongoing maintenance. The improved regulation aims to reduce voltage fluctuations noted two weeks earlier and provide steadier power as crews move to Rockwood.
Y Board will host its annual meeting on Thursday with guest speaker Woof Macdiarmid who has spent 25 years in Y work. He led YMCA work in the army navy and air force traveling through the British Isles North Africa Sicily and Western Europe. He served in Germany with the occupation forces and has returned to Canada as Executive Secretary of the Central Toronto YMCA.
A late October list notes births at Guelph General Hospital including a son for Mr and Mrs Youngblut. It also records a son for Mr and Mrs Horse Hlyth, a daughter for Mr and Mrs McDonald, and a memorial for Margaret Jeer Taalie of Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral notices include Norman Hebert, Arthur MacDonald, and Ysobel Ton with services at local churches and Durham Cemetery.
Coming events list from The Friendly Circle of the United Church Taraar Lakeside Chapter TODR An Noël Wasear hosts a bazaar at Trookville Mall November 27. Holy Bee Taatit vite Sto Gerard's Club Fuchre holds October 2 door sale at Juarph's Church Hall. Canadian Legion features tea draws and bake sale on October 2 at Legion Hall. Acton Home and School Association meets October 14 at 8 pm in Public School kindergarten room. Parents invited.
A cluttered page lists bicycles jackets toys chickens theatre radios cars and trucks for sale with contact names and phone numbers. Items include a red jacket with fur trim, a white 1940s Pontiac, a 1950s Mercury, a Plymouth coach, tractors, and household goods. Sellers provide locations such as Georgetown Acton and addresses like Queen Street and Bower Avenue.
Classifieds seek rough carpenters and laborers with Spartan Race affiliation plus help wanted ads for housework and old china jewelry and furniture buyers. Public notice invites bids for Halton Union Warmera Mutual Fire Insurance and Township of Nasigawey applications due October 7 by Recreta Treasurer A Moore Campbellville Ontario.
A missing necklace described as a gray pearl pendant with a double atr and chain was reported lost. A reward is offered for its return to the finder at Vree Presa.
Machengie News highlights fall weather and lists items from Mackenzie & Son including combination doors with bakelite locks at 105 dollars, screen doors at 180, window crack caulking at 130 per gallon, and notes about street maintenance in the town.
All persons with claims against the Estate of James Russell Cree of Erin Township Wellington County deceased, who died about September 22 1940, must file proof with Solicitor on or before October 1, 1950. After this date the estate will be distributed according to filed claims. Dated Acton Ontario September 2 1950. Sarah Jane Leitch Forecatrix, Roger Leatherland Solicitor.
Miscellaneous notices show ads for bowling and theatre, sewing machines for sale and service, upholstery for Chesterfield suites with reupholstery as low as $88, car winter prep with lubricants and anti freeze, telephone contacts in Acton.
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